Card-case for folding cards.



E R. SHEPPARD. CARD CASE FOR FOLDING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.27, 1911.

995,380. 7 Patented June 13, 1911.

31wento1' ERLE R. SHEPPARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARD-CASE FOR FOLDING CARDS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERLE R. SHEPPARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Card- Cases for FoldingCards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cases which are adapted to receive and retaina card and are provided with retaining devices so constructed that thecard may be readily inserted or removed. It is especially designed to beused in holding the identification cards required to be carried bymembers of the well-known order of Elks and other benevolent and similarassociations.

The object of my invention is to provide a light and durable metalliccase, which may be used as a watch fob, charm, or

locket, in which the card may be conveniently folded into a Very smallcompass.

I provide an inn-er structure which is adapted to receive a card of thefull regulation size, and in which the retaining devices form foldingedges upon which the card may be bent or folded over to approximatelythe size of one of the sections of the case. 7

In the drawings, which are intended merely for purposes of illustration,the case when folded is approximately one-eighth of the size of thecard.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the case in the open position, showing theinner construction and the manner of inserting the card under theretaining devices; Fig. 2 is a per spective view of the same, showingthe manner of folding the card; Fig. 8 is an elevation of card case inclosed position; and Fig. 4, is a plan view of the inside of the case inopen position, showing a modified form of one of the retaining frames.

In my Patent No. 985,071, granted February 21, 1911, I disclosed a cardcase in which slots were provided upon one side for the insertion of acard, but it was necessary to thread the side edges of the card throughthese slots, and moreover this construction required the case whenextended to be substantially the entire width of the card. In my presentinvention, the card is merely slipped under long tongues which may haveupturned ends for the purpose of more readily receiving the card, andthe case may be made as small as desired, and may be placedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 27, 1911.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Serial No. 605,012.

symmetrically over an intermediate portion of the card. The sides of thetongues form folding edges, over which the card may be folded fromopposite sides, while the ends of the tongues form folding edges overwhich the folded card may be again folded at right angles to the firstfold. This construction obviates certain of the objections to my formerconstruction, and greatly facilitates the operation of inserting andfolding the card.

The case is formed of two sections, 1, 2, hinged together along theiredges as indicated at 3, and at their opposite edges are provided with aclasp or fastening means 41. The blank from which each of the sectionsis constructed, is bent inwardly to form flanges 6, 6, which abut whenthe case is closed and entirely inclose the folded card. Secured withineach of the sections to the flange along one side is a frame having awing 8, and a long projecting tongue 9 extending adjacent to the endflange and forming a slot therebetween. The outer ends of the tonguesmay be bent up, if desired, to facilitate the insertion of a card. Thewings 8 are fastened along the top to the flanges, and are preferablyset a short distance within the outer edges of the flanges to provide aspace within the case between the wings and tongues for the folded card,and slightly spaced also from the inner walls of the sections so thatthe card may he slid thereunder.

The card 10, is inserted by sliding it under the tongues in the mannershown in Fig. 1, and then folding the projecting right and left handportions toward the center and over the outer sides of the tongues whichconstitute folding edges. After the card has thus been folded along thevertical lines as indicated, the lower projecting portion is folded backover the ends of the tongues which serve as folding edges for thehorizontal crease. It is evident that the ends of the tongues may havesquare edges and, if desired, may be extended laterally as shown, forexample, at 9' in Fig. 4: to give a more extended folding edge, althoughI have found the two narrow ends of the tongues sufiicient for thepurpose. After the card has been thus folded back entirely within theinclosure of the flanges, the sections of' the case are closed, thusagain folding the card along a central vertical line. When it is desiredmerely to exhibit the card without withdrawing it from the case, as whenshowing ones credentials upon entering a lodge, the case is unclaspedand the card is opened out along the fold lines into the p0 sition shownin Fig. 1. The wings and tongues of the frames do not materiallyinterfere with the disclosure of the matter to be exhibited, while atthe same time securely retaining the card in position.

My present invention permits the card to be inserted under the retainingtongues at any intermediate point of the card, although, if desired, oneof the tongues may be placed over one corner of the card to extend overone edge thereof, in which case the card would be folded differently.

It will be evident that changes may be made in the construction orarrangement of the retaining frames without departing from the spirit ofmy invention or from the scope of my claim. Thus the corner bracesextending from the tongue to the wings may be of a different shape ormay be omitted, and other changes may be made therein.

secured to the flange along the top only of its respective section andhaving a tongue projecting freely therefrom and extending parallel withand near to the adjacent flange but separated therefrom to form a slottherebetween, whereby a card may be inserted at an intermediate partthereof under said tongue and wing and through said slot, the side edgeof said tongue constituting a folding edge over which the card may befolded.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ER-LE R. SHEPPARD.

Vitnesses FREDERICK GARNER, E. TRUMPP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

